Heart break and Cookies (Warner V'day party, any)

[Ashley Bolton]

A light shaking of his shoulder brought him back to consciousness, he looked at his mother who smiled before looking down at Kai who's head lay in his lap as he slept, "How long have the two of you been sleeping here." she asked.

"I have no idea." Ashley said to him.

"You want me to take him up." his mother asked.

"No his okay, his still running a fevor." Ashley said to her. "Can you get me a blanket before you go back out again." Ashley said she nodded.

"You got a letter this morning, you should read it, it came with your first child support cheque from his mother." she said to him. "We didn't read it." she added.

"If you expect me to believe that I think you forget that I have a son I would do the same for as you do for me." Ashley said to her she smiled at this. "Have a good time, I have a couple of friends coming over, for cookies." Ashley said to her.

"Have you told them about Kai?" she asked Ashley nodded and watched her leave, five minutes later he had the letter in his hand and was sat in the arm chair watching another movie this time on the TV.

Dear Ashley and Kai

It didn't seem right to send you a cheque and not a letter, life is good here, I know you don't want to here that Ashley and I'm sorry, but I won't be coming back to the US, I'm technically not allowed to speak to you which includes letters, the cheque I sent is sizeably larger than that which was agreed in court, if I tell my parents that I want to see you or our son.

I want to help make sure your both okay, so I contacted my grandfather and asked him to allow me to use the family accounts to set you both up... I'll make a sizable payment to you both for the next year... three million a month, I know it can never replace me in your lives, after that for show only I'll continue the child support...

This way I know our son is provided for...

Find someone to make you happy Ashley, I love you both

Sarah

Ashley looked down at the letter in shock for a moment, "I'm sorry Will." his mom said to him as he sat there...

"She really isn't coming back." Ashley said to her she shook her head. "I always hoped she would." Ashley said to her she nodded. "What the hell do I tell him." Ashley asked biting back tears he wasn't really up for company.

"Right now nothing, when his older you tell him the truth, he won't understand why but it won't matter." his mom said to him. "He has you honey, and that is all that matters, now your friends are going to be here soon I assume, I put the cheque in your account, you may not want it but you need to take it anyway." she said to him.

"Its a cheap fob of." Ashley said to her.

"Yes it is, but that one cheque alone will set you both up, your car is basically falling apart, this solves your money worries, and does more for you financially than we can." she said to him. "This gets you a college of your choice, you need it." she added.

"Damn right it does." his father said from the door way. "Don't let this get you down." he said to Ashley who smiled at him. "Your mother is right and you know it, this helps you out so much, well beyond leaving school next year." he added. "Even if its a one of payment, it allows you to sort yourself out." he added.

"And if they cancel it before it clears, that would be right up there with what her family did." Ashley said to him.

Ashley felt a small tug on his arm looking down he smiled, "How you feeling buddy?" Ashley said to him.

"We'll be back about ten." his mom said.

"Have a good time." Ashley said watching them go as he lifted his son into his arms he placed the letter on the table. "How about we go get some ice cream from the freezer while we wait for some friends." Ashley said to him.

"Yeah." the boy said to him.

[Julia Warner]

Julia was not used to having so many people over. Sure, Jere was always trying to drag her off to parties, but they never just invited people to their place. It was, she decided, lots of fun. They made a huge mess making cookies -- tons and tons of cookies, shaped like hearts and cupids, because she had found some fun and inexpensive cookie cutters when buying supplies.

And she got to know some of Connor's friends, which was neat, especially Eden and Izzie, because she didn't really hang out with other girls. Ever. It was nice to know some other girls who were not all about looks. Sunar and Ben were pretty okay, too, and that Travis guy they had just met at lunch. She was not really sure how to act around Wynn, though; he still made her stomach turn to butterflies, and although she felt bad for him about Haley, she really did not want to hear about how in love with her he had been.

Once the cookies were cool enough, she placed as many as she could in a plastic container.

"Okay, time to drop these off at Ashley's," She announced. She had promised, after all, since his son was sick and he couldn't come over they would take the holiday to him.

****

Julia rapped firmly on Ashley's front door, cookies tucked under one arm and her entourage behind her. She danced impatiently, bending down to pull one legwarmer back up. "C'mon, c'mon, open up." She muttered. "Annon edhellon, edro hi ammen! Fennas Ashley, lasto beth lammen!" She ordered, as though his front door would open with an incantation that had failed even Mithrandir.

OOC: Tags to a bunch of people. Haha. Umm, let me see if I can remember everyone who is supposed to be involved:

Connor
Eden
Ben
Izzie
Travis
Wynn

Is that it? I think that's it? If anyone else wants to tag along too then feel free....

[Ashley Bolton]

Ashley wiped his face again with a towel before going to answer the door, he looked like hell and he knew that the girl could probably tell he had been crying, he saw the others to and smiled, "Hey guys you don't need to watch your voices, come on in." Ashley said to them. "I hope you don't mind but the movie on offer is toy story, Kai is in the lounge." Ashley explained. "Coats?" he asked.

"Drinks?" he asked. "I managed to get to the store before heading back to stock up on the basics." Ashley said to them. "The kitchen is through that door, make yourselves at home I'll be back in a minute." Ashley said before disappearing into the lounge. "I need to go check on the little man, his probably fallen asleep, if not his probably wanting to say hi." Ashley said. "Seriously make yourselves at home, I have something I need to check then I'll be right with you." Ashley added before entering the living room allowing them site of the TV.

"Buddy." Ashley said softly but notice him asleep again. "Oh man your going to scream the place down in the morning if I don't get your medication into you." Ashley said to himself before waking him up again. "Hey you need your medication, then you can go upstairs to bed okay." Ashley said to him the boy nodded lifting his arms to Ashley who smiled picking him up.

"Can I sleep with you." Kai asked.

"I'm not going to bed just yet bud but sure you can." Ashley said to him as they walked into the kitchen. "Well its not pandamonium in here at least, thats a good a thing." Ashley said as he plopped him on the table and head for the fridge. "Everyone this is Kai." he said to them without really looking at them while he sorted out the medication.

[Wynn Sumner]

Wynn felt slightly out of place at the Bolton house but it was a holiday and to help someone feel better no matter how horrible the day was. He checked his phone and saw the text from Haley, he scowled. Meet her by her locker? So she could laugh at him with her friends around? Still maybe she was having second thoughts about him. God he felt so torn! Ok, he'd meet her but if the ever so famous line "it's not you, it's me" came up he would bolt and Haley would be dropped like a bad habit...if it were that easy.

The little boy seemed like any other child and Wynn being the teen he was sat in a chair across from Kai, with a few drawing supplies in tow. "You look like your an artisit!" Wynn said to him taking his pad from his messenger bag along with a pencil. "I think I have a special picture for you." He started to draw a long slight oval shape and slowly added features and in what was moments the oval had become Goofy. The first Disney character he learned to draw. He completed the picture with a word balloon and wrote, "Hy-uk, Hiya Kai!" then signed his name at the bottom.

"There," he tore the page from his pad carefully. "A Valentine's gift just for you." He handed it Kai with a smile, hoping it made the little one feel better.

*tags to anyone there*

[Izzy Chen]

Izzie had to admit she was quiet nervous. Meeting new people always made her nervous. It was good Eden and Ben were there. it made her less nervous. Izzie was good once she got comfortable. After the first flour fight Izzie calmed down and had fun. She liked Julia and the others. It was nice having a break from her brother trying to drag her along.

Izzie followed with Ben and Eden to Ashley's house. Another new person. This was fun. Plus the cookies smelled good. Izzie could smell them in her car. Then again she had a feeling she was wearing cookie perfume after the baking fun they had.

Izzie walked into Ashley's house and smiled, "Hi. Nice to meet you. I am Izzie." She did not even bother using her full name. Not that it was a bad name, but she was so use to being called Izzie by everyone except Jett, who liked to call her Iz or Ellie.

Izzie walked into the kitchen and hung back a bit. She saw Ashley bring in a small boy about the age of two or so. The kid was so cute. "Awww...he is adorable. You said his name was Kai. Hi Kai." Izzie greeted softly to the boy ans smiled at him. "he looks sleepy." She cooed at the boy. "Your absolutely adorable." She said to Kai. "I think he will grow up to be a heart breaker." She smiled and hoped she was not saying anything too wrong. She did not want to offend anyone.

Izzie saw the drawing Wynn did. She turned to Wynn and smiled, "You draw? thats really good. Got anything else I can see."

[Eden Patridge]

Eden had enjoyed making the cookies but had mostly been quiet while doing it. Like Izzy, new people made her nervous...especially new boys. It always took her awhile to figure out how to react to them for some reason. She mostly stuck to talking to Izzy and Ben...Julia a bit too. The other girl was nice and it was refreshing to meet someone else who wasn't a total bimbo like most of the girls at school.

Once the cookies were made, Eden got into the car with her brother as they followed someone else in the group to Ashley's house. Eden didn't know who Ashley was, but despite his name, she'd gotten the hint that he was a boy and not a girl.

Once arriving, Eden politely introduced herself to the boy named Ashley and the younger boy who appeared to be her son. That was so weird. She couldn't imagine having a kid at her age, but then again Eden couldn't have been more of a virgin. She was practically a prude even...the most action she'd gotten lately had been with Jett and she could hardly consider that anything. Although she was going to make him think it was something. After school she'd even bought something to wear for the prank. She really hoped that it worked because she seriously needed to get that boy back.

Watching as Izzy turned her attention to the boy named Wynn and his art work, Eden hung back with her brother.

[Ben Patridge]

The cookies smelled amazing and Ben couldn't wait to eat them. He was excited as they headed into the next boy's house. Ben was ready for warm cookies and milk...yum! Like his sister, he too was surprised by the presence of the little boy. Ben also could not imagine having a kid at his age. He could hardly stand baby-sitting his younger cousins and he only had to do that once or twice a year on holidays when his extended family visited.

Looking at Wynn's art, Ben smiled. "That's awesome, man," he said. "I'm like not artistic at all...always wished I was." Ben was more of an athlete. Sure he didn't really participate in any sports at school or anything...he mostly stuck to surfing but anytime he had to play any sport aside from surfing, he was still really good. He could have probably made most of the teams at school but had never bothered trying out. It took too much time away from surfing. "Yeah," Ben said agreeing with Izzy, "You have any more?" he asked, looking at Wynn.

[Sunar Chugani]

"Toy Story! Awesome!!" Sunar cheered, pleased with this selection.The party had been a great idea, he'd not only been able to hang out with friends but also meet some new people. Sure, they were Silver students, but he thought they all seemed really fun to be around, had to be if they were willing to crowd into one kitchen to bake cookies on a holiday most people had dates for. Well, maybe not most people, but enough people that if you didn't you always felt a little left out. And a group of teens in one kitchen, that should have been a recipe for disaster, but they had all behaved as well as could be expected.

Poor Kai was probably feeling quite crowded, as the Hindi boy joined the chorus of "Hi, Kai"s, shuffling into the kitchen after the Patridge twins. Poor kid, obviously he did not feel very good. And poor Ashley, having to take care of a toddler on a holiday. At least he had them to bring him cookies, although most of the group had never met the other boy before.

He perked up when Wynn whipped up his drawing of Goofy. "Nice sketch," He complimented, "You only work with pen and paper, or do you do digital, too? What kind of pencils are those, can I see?" He was always interested in other people's tools, wanted to know what results they got from their varied pencils and markers and tablets and programs, what tools worked best for what type of work. "I like to pretend I can draw," He explained, "So I'm nosy when I meet people with talent." He knew his art was decent, but it did not by any means approach the level he wanted, so when he met other artists he was torn between geeking out with them and feeling very shy about his own work. It was one thing to show off to Ben or Izzie or Connor, because none of them would even attempt to draw, but to share anything with another artist was entirely different, they would surely laugh at his poor pretense.

[Ashley Bolton]

Ashley smiled as he took a cookie of the plate and handed it to Kai, "Medicine then back on the sofa to watch the rest of your film, then its bed in that order." Ashley said to the boy who smiled and nodded.

"Thank you." Kai said to Wynn before taking the medication.

"Have you got your pillow and blanket?" Ashley asked.

"Yes papa." Kai said to him. "And monkey." he said Ashley smiled.

"I'll be into check on you in ten minutes." Ashley said to him before putting him on the floor and handing him the cookie. "That picture is going to go on his wall without a doubt." Ashley said to Wynn. "If his not asleep inside five I will be amazed, his like me when I'm ill I like to sleep." Ashley said to them walking over to the fridge to get a bottle of water he knew that people had brought their own stuff but took a few things he had the time to pick up at the store before coming home and took them out placing them on the table.

"Not exactly home made but I thought I should probably contribute something to this little gathering." Ashley said to them, he didn't need to say that until just before they came here he had been struggling to manage without serious handouts from his parents, though he was loath to admit it. "His ill and happy which is more than I can say for me right now." Ashley said as he walked back to them. "So your in my house and I don't know who you are, I'm Ashley or Will depending on who you ask." Ashley said to the Hindi boy the door to the living was open and he smiled.

[Julia Warner]

"Cookies!!" Julia skipped into the Bolton house, looking around in awe. She so rarely went to other people's homes, so she was always fascinated to see how other people lived. Her first instinct was to go straight over to the bookcases, to see what was there displayed. Bookshelves told more about a person than any other part of the house, or so she believed.

She wandered back towards the kitchen when Ashley brought Kai down. "Aww, hey there." She beamed at the boy. He was so.cute. Ashley, though, he didn't look so good. "You okay, Ashley, you aren't coming down with Kai's fever, are you?"

She slithered out of the way, though, when Wynn approached, not really sure if she ought to comment or not. Everyone else seemed suitably impressed with Wynn's artistic talent, and she felt a twinge of pride, as though his accomplishments somehow reflected back on her. She mentally shook herself; that was silly, he still liked Haley. If he were really over her he wouldn't have made a big deal over her betrayal during lunch. She didn't blame, him though, the other girl had only cut him loose that morning, it wasn't as if he could just magically be over her in one day. She still wasn't over him, that was for sure. "He is really good, isn't he?" She grinned.

"So, guess it is time for cookies?" She asked, presenting her container to their host. "So what did you get for us?" She eyed his contributions curiously.